澳門理工學院及西倫敦大學香港分校講師 周達勳博士
澳門理工學院及西倫敦大學香港分校講師
周達勳博士Dr Henry Chow(香港.Hong Kong)
周達勳早年於香港演藝學院接受音樂訓練，師承李森及陳莉華。及後他負笈前往英國，先後在威爾士座堂中學和倫敦皇家音樂學院學習，並獲皇家音樂學院最高獎學金攻讀鋼琴演奏學士及碩士學位。
周氏演奏足跡遍及英國、德國、捷克、美國及香港，並獲得多項演奏獎項。他在英國時師承俄國鋼琴家内莉．阿寇比安．塔瑪麗娜（傳奇俄國鋼琴家郭登懷瑟的其中一位最後門生、巴許基洛夫的第一個學生），深受俄國鋼琴學派熏陶。此外，他亦曾師從郭嘉特、丹尼爾．班．翩拿、希拉里．高娣斯、奈杰爾．克來頓、安德魯．博爾、伊麗莎白．普里登諾夫及尤金．普里登諾夫。
周氏既是香港中文大學的哲學文學碩士，同時亦爲美國辛辛那提大學音樂學院的鋼琴演奏博士。他曾在美國辛辛那提大學任教，回港後積極在不同院校舉辦講座及工作坊，包括香港演藝學院、香港大學、香港城市大學等。他亦曾在香港亞洲公開鋼琴比賽及香港國際青少年鋼琴家大賽中擔任評委。他現爲澳門理工學院及西倫敦大學香港分校講師。近期演出包括在Musica Del Cuore系列和汕頭香園鋼琴博物館的獨奏會。
Henry Chow received his earliest musical training at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In his teenage years he moved to England to further his musical studies, first at Wells Cathedral School and then at the Royal College of Music where he was awarded the highest scholarship to pursue his Bachelor's degree. Thereafter he continued his Master's studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Henry has performed extensively in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States, and was the recipient of several major scholarship awards. He studied with the Russian pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, one of the last students of the legendary Goldenweiser and the first student of Dmitri Bashkirov and through whom he traces his pianistic lineage back to the old Russian tradition. His other teachers include Gabriel Kwok, Daniel-Ben Pienaar, Hilary Coates, Nigel Clayton, Andrew Ball and Elisabeth and Eugene Pridonoff. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, where he also taught prior to moving back to Hong Kong. He has been on the jury of the Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition and has given lectures and workshops at the University of Hong Kong, the City Univeristy of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Henry has always had a strong interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and its performance practice. He has worked with many renowned Bach interpreters like Sheng Yuan, Choong-Mo Kang and Emile Naoumoff. In addition, he holds a Master of Art degree in philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently on the faculty of the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the University of West London Hong Kong Centre. His recent performances include recitals at the Musica Del Cuore series and at the Xiangyuan Piano Museum in Shantou.